In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to affirm its order resolving all issues raised by the petition of the next-door neighbor for a property to be placed in conservatorship under the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act, 68 P.S. §§1101-1120, following an evidentiary hearing.

Appellant appealed the Superior Court's order requiring that he pay child support to child's biological father. The court reversed, holding that a deceased mother's paramour, who obtained in loco parentis standing and was awarded partial physical custody of child, had no child support liability where he did not have legal custody and thus was not child's "parent."

In the Matter of the Claim of Carol Robinson v. Commissioner of Labor

Applicants appealed the trial court's denials of their zoning appeals. The court affirmed, holding that appellants were not entitled to a curative amendment to appellee's allegedly exclusionary zoning code where appellants' desired use of their properties for a "transitional living facility" reflected a particular business model rather than a single use.

Defendants' Default Was Not Willful; Certificate of Default Is Vacated

Appellant property owner appealed the trial court's order granting objectors' land use appeal. The court reversed, holding that owner's parcel was subject to a special city zoning code provision governing corner lots, which ultimately meant the property had no front yard setback requirements in light of the zoning district where it was situated.

Defendant filed a motion to transfer venue.

Hospital Relied on Stereotyped View of Substance Abuse Medication's Users as Dishonest

Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiffs' putative class action over defendant's 401(k) plan.

Second Amendment does not bar temprary disarming of individual who poses credible threat to physical safety of another